May 5 in Modesto: Public Hearing Related to Petition to Terminate the Quota Implementation Plan

TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES:

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (Department) has scheduled a public hearing to receive comments from the California market milk producers and the general public on a petition titled “Petition to Terminate the QIP #5” resubmitted by Stop QIP to terminate the Quota Implementation Plan (Plan or QIP). The proposal in the petition was to ask the Secretary to call a referendum to immediately terminate the QIP.

The referendum process will begin with a public hearing scheduled as follows:

Date and Time Location

Monday
May 5, 2025
Beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Stanislaus County Ag Commissioner’s Office
Harvest Hall – Room D&E
3800 Cornucopia Way, Suite B
Modesto, CA 95358

*No teleconference option will be available.

On August 6, 2024, the Department received a petition to terminate the QIP entitled “Petition to Terminate the QIP #5”. A copy of the petition may be viewed here.

The Department performed a review of the petition signatures and their respective reported volume and determined that the twenty-five (25%) threshold had been achieved. Per standard procedures, the petition was referred to the Producer Review Board (PRB) for consideration. At the meeting held on December 17, 2024, the PRB reviewed and discussed the merits of the petition and passed a motion recommending to the Secretary that the petition go to an industry referendum. After due consideration, the Secretary reviewed the PRB’s recommendation and approved it.

The referendum process will begin with a hearing to give producers the opportunity to provide input about the proposal.